West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-29
RRoER's TESTIMONY.

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Collector John T. McGraw and his
Deputy Collector Mckinney, said;
The DEMOCRAT published what pur-
ports to he Rogers testimony, ana yet
knew, or by the exercise OF ordinary m
tellirence could have known, that RE
GER TESTIFIED TO NO SUCH
STUFF.
Here was an explicit, premeditated
and positive assertion that Roger
had not testified as we had printed.
The paper making this assertion was
owned and edited by Federal officials
in this State. 1t therefore became
a matter of public interest, whether
Rogers testimony was correctly re-
ported:-because if correctly report
ed. these Federal officials stood con-
victed ofpremeditated falsehood. A
person convicted of falsehood is I'M
fit for public office. The report in
Dawson's paper being thus impeach-
ed, we then copied the testimony as
published in the Register and intel
ligeacer; these papers both agreed
with what we had copied as Daw-
sons report. The Collector and his
deputy had asserted that REGER
TESTIFIED TO NOSUCH STUFF,
and yet they were confronted with
the reports in three different news
papers, and all of them said Roger
DID testify exactly as we had print
ed
Perhaps there were some who
doubted whether McGraw and Nc
Kinney were guilty of falsehood. and
many hoped that they would be vim
dictated; because conviction dem
onstrated that the President had
been betrayed into an appointment
which ought not to have been made.
The Wheeling papers having sus-
tanned the accuracy of Dawson's re-
port. the Collector aud his Deputy
now publish letter from Roger,
which says:
That no paper had published his testi-
mOny correctly, and that Dawson had
printed his Rogers )ParkerSburg Inter
fore the public.
1t will be observed that Mr.. Roger
refers MS to his Parkersburg Inter
view for correct report of his testi
mony; this Interview places him
correctly before the public"
We here reprint what we copied
from Dawson's paper, and Mr.. Re
gers Parkersburg Interview repudi
ates so much, and only somuch, asis
contained within the brackets.
copied the Scofeld letter at Min
cars house after he had gone to bed
and took the copy to McGraw. Il
afterwards met McGraw and Cam
den in Washington and they agreed
to pay NE 81 900 and give me an an
nual pass over the b. d o., i'll would
get them the original. went back
to Mincar's house and stole the let
ter. / wrote Mr. Camden to return
it to Minear's wife by mail, which he
did McGraw gave me check for
$50 and afterwards put $40 in my
pocket while | was in a fit in Mr. Cam
den's room.
Be it remembered, that, when we
strike out the words within the
brackets, we have Rogers testimony
as given in his Parkersburg Inter
view,
The whole record is printed in an
other column, and will be read by
those curious TO know whether the
Collector and his Deputy tell the
truth when they say, REGER TIES
Titled NO SUCH STUFF. 1t is
easy to make reckless statements;
but here is the record, and it speaks
for itself The evidence is before
the public, and cannot be escaped
by violent language or by reckless
statement.
1t will be seen from their edito-
rial on Rogers letter, that these rev
enue officials present Mr.. Roger as
a trustworthy witness, and they as
sumo that whatever he says must
be true.
We do not know Mr. Roger, but,
if he merits his reputation, he will
surely develop manhood enough to
break the letters of 4 scape goat.
Many q scape goat has been com
PEELED to eat in the kitchen of the
man he once saved from the peniten
tiary. We are told that Roger is
more sinned against than SHINING;
if such be the case he will presently
realize that the men who are using
him will, when the emergency is over,
-spew him ont us unfit for decent